Vila Viçosa Marble Tour

Travel back in time on this marble tour of Vila Viçosa. You'll visit a quarry and learn about an important industry in this area of Portugal.

Vila Viçosa Marble Tour

At your selected time, we'll meet you on Avenida Duques de Bragança. There, you'll get back in your vehicle and follow the guide's car to the marble quarries of Vila Viçosa, one of the most well-known in Portugal.

Once there, we'll explore this immense marble quarry together. During our tour, we'll discuss the importance of this stone to the villages of Alentejo, highlighting the size of the quarry.

After visiting the quarry, we will go to a local workshop to learn how the rock is processed in Vila Viçosa.

We'll then visit another workshop to see how the marble is treated to form its final shape, showcasing exclusive marble pieces.

Finally, we'll return to Vila Viçosa to conclude the tour.

Itinerary changes

On Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, the industrial workshops are closed, so the tour will focus on the Alentejo marble quarries instead. In this case, the tour will last two hours.